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Skronk wrote:Ramones, 3 albums I like, give or take a couple, because they sound the same to me. Kraftwerk, 6.

Doncha know it's the QUALITY not the QUANTITY that counts?! And quantity don't mean influence either...

Ace wrote:Doncha know it's the QUALITY not the QUANTITY that counts?! And quantity don't mean influence either...

I think the hallmark of quality is a thick German accent singing about a federal highway. Three chords, eh, I can take it or leave it.

These bands have a certain minimalism in common, and some quirks to their technique that is often overlooked in favor of the more obvious aspects of their respective Schticks.

Ramones.

More versatile, more influential, more fun.

kerble wrote:building your own gear > buying some guitars. sorry.

You just stuck your dick in the ass of making a point.
And I applaud you.

Kraftwerk.
By brilliance, by legacy, and by a league..

Tip top, Brinkman.

Skronk wrote:

Ace wrote:Doncha know it's the QUALITY not the QUANTITY that counts?! And quantity don't mean influence either...

I think the hallmark of quality is a thick German accent singing about a federal highway. Three chords, eh, I can take it or leave it.

fucking hell. well played.

Ranxerox wrote:More versatile,

no. way. we're talking flutes and oboes and synths and guitars, and percussion and computers and hand-made vocoders and sequencers and drum machines vs. gtr/bass/drm/vox and three-chord monte.

more influential,

all of hip hop disagrees. Unless "Planet Rock" by Bambaataa didn't exist and kick most of it off...and then there's big black's cover.

more fun.

possibly, but I'd give highway driving to Kraftwerk and city driving to the Ramones. I spend more time on the highway, so Kraftwerk gets that, too.

Skronk wrote:I think the hallmark of quality is a thick New York accent singing about a Happy Family. Three chords, eh, I can take it or leave it.

Fixed.

ubercat wrote:I think the hallmark of quality is a robot singing about being a robot. People, eh, I can take them or leave them.

Fixed.

kerble wrote:

the$inmusicisallmine wrote:

guitars > keyboards. sorry.

no.

building your own gear > buying some guitars. sorry.

I don't care where the shit came from or who built it.

guitars >>>>>>>> keyboards.

the$inmusicisallmine wrote:

kerble wrote:

the$inmusicisallmine wrote:

guitars > keyboards. sorry.

no.

building your own gear > buying some guitars. sorry.

I don't care where the shit came from or who built it.

guitars >>>>>>>> keyboards.

naah. they're just as good as the other. they're just tools to get the job done. I've got some recordings where you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. hell, I've made some recordings where you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Best band: Kraftwerk by far.
Most positive impact: Ramones by far.